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20 years ago – 1992 Despite lingering apprehension, the Mary EstherCity Council at a workshop gave conceptual approval to review methods to share resources with other south Okaloosa County governments and fire districts. Sen. Vince Bruner, R-Fort Walton Beach, said he would not run for re-election in the fall. 10 years ago – 2002

20 years ago – 1992 A Jackson, Miss., man was critically injured during a fist fight outside an Okaloosa Island nightspot. 10 years ago – 2002 The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office on arrested a man who investigators said helped sell jewelry stolen from murder victim Valerie Brown and may have also been involved in the killing of the 29-year-old disc jockey earlier in the month. A 22-foot wall, part of the Okaloosa County Veterans Memorial, was erected on the south terrace of the… Read More »

20 years ago – 1992 Several Destin residents and businesses had taken the idea, literally, that making the world a better place started at their doorstep. They agreed to keep the street in front of their homes or offices free of litter through the Adopt-A-Street program that co-sponsored by the Destin Chamber of Commerce and the city. 10 years ago – 2002 A Supreme Court ruling prompted the Santa Rosa County School District to consider extending its random drug testing of… Read More »

20 years ago – 1992 A consultant claimed that modifying zoning districts and building regulations could help revive the underdeveloped Eglin Parkway corridor in Fort Walton Beach, where 31 percent of the commercial acreage was vacant. Investigators from the State Fire Marshal’s Office and Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Department arrested a suspect in a May stable fire in Wright that killed 17 horses. 10 years ago – 2002 Residents along White Point Road were relieved when the Mid-Bay Bridge Authority decided not… Read More »

20 years ago – 1992 Preservation 2000, the state’s premier land-buying program, would continue a third year, as the Florida Senate agreed with the House to raise $18.6 million in new taxes to back a new bond issue. 10 years ago – 2002 Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., announced that the Senate Armed Services Committee would investigate all U.S. military chemical and biological weapons testing programs. “Both Panama City and Eglin popped up on the reports,” Nelson said of the U.S. Biological… Read More »

20 years ago – 1992 Plans to build an Okaloosa County Tourist Development Council visitors center remain stalled after discussion of the subject was abruptly yanked from a county commission agenda. Three ringleaders of the massive Development Group Inc. land fraud scheme were found guilty of looting two savings and loans as part of their 1986 south Walton County deal. 10 years ago – 2002 After nearly two hours of debate and three failed motions, the Crestview City Council delayed… Read More »

20 years ago – 1992 A 20-passenger water taxi was set to operate daily from 10 a.m. until whenever evening business among the row of Destin Old Pass Lagoon restaurants and clubs ended. 10 years ago – 2002 An accident investigation board, charged with determining what caused the crash that killed Maj. James Duricy who died April 30 when the F-15C Eagle he was flying went down about 60 miles south of Panama City, was set to get underway. The Bluewater Bay resident… Read More »

20 years ago – 1992 The Florida Supreme Court overturned the death sentence imposed on murderer Ricky Steve Corbett because he was tried by one judge and sentenced by another. The long-awaited rebirth of Island Gate Shopping Center was set to occur when Manufacturer’s Outlet Center opened at the foot of Brooks Bridge. 10 years ago – 2002 A 60-acre wildfire forced dozens of South Walton County residents to evacuate their homes. Local fire companies dumped more than 20,000 gallons of water… Read More »

20 years ago – 1992 Hurlburt’s 8th SOS observed its 75th birthday with an open house 10 years ago – 2002 A grand-opening ceremony has held for Crestview’s new 2.9 million dollar Robert L. D. Sikes Library.

20 years ago – 1992 A strong, freakish wind storm, possibly a tornado, whipped through parts of Fort Walton Beach, uprooting trees, bending metal signs and causing power outages in as many as 5,000 homes and businesses. 10 years ago – 2002 Representatives of a timber company repeated an offer to donate property for a bypass east of Crestview and said that they would likely ask local transportation planners later to direct a study of that route.

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